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Dropped off Google?

Hi,

My site was ranking on page 1 of Google. A couple days ago, it disappeared for that keyword, but it's still ranking for a variety of related keywords. However, when I go to google.co.uk or google.fr and I search "the web" rather than UK/France pages only, I see my site at #2 for the keyword.

It doesn't show at all on normal Google.com though. Google Analytics says I am still getting traffic from that keyword. About 90% of my traffic is from the USA, so I'm assuming they would use Google.com. How is this possible? I know Google has different datacenters, but it's been like this for days.

Does a search for site:domain.com return results from the site (presumably it will if it's returning the site on local searches).

It doesn't sound like you'd have been dropped for any reason so if this has only happened in the last few days then I'd do as JJMcClure suggests and give it a couple of days... if the problem is still the same in a week's time then there may be different issues but I suspect it will correct itself in a couple of days.

Does a search for site:domain.com return results from the site (presumably it will if it's returning the site on local searches).

It doesn't sound like you'd have been dropped for any reason so if this has only happened in the last few days then I'd do as JJMcClure suggests and give it a couple of days... if the problem is still the same in a week's time then there may be different issues but I suspect it will correct itself in a couple of days.

Site is about 1.5 months old. I don't think it's a sandbox issue because these are very targetted, uncompetitive keywords. The keyphrase I was specifically dropped for contains 4 words. A lot of other sites that are new are still being ranked on there.

The site has been changed. I changed all the content, layout, etc. on the index page and added new pages.

Interesting, waiting is the only thing you can do to see how it works out as rcj662 suggested and be sure to tell us what happened. Generally google ranks new site at some good position in their SERPs just to see if the site is any good, after that period is over it drops the site back to its normal position depending on other factors.

Interesting, waiting is the only thing you can do to see how it works out as rcj662 suggested and be sure to tell us what happened. Generally google ranks new site at some good position in their SERPs just to see if the site is any good, after that period is over it drops the site back to its normal position depending on other factors.

That's called the new site boost. It most likely exists to give new content a chance to get some exposure (and build links) before it is deposited where it rightfully belongs in the SERPs. I am guessing the theory is if the content is good it will garner links that will help Google rank it properly ads we all know new sites start off with a handicap as they have no quality links to start. This can allow quality content to get some links and perform better in the SERPs which makes Google's results more relevant. (God, I hope I explained that well).

That's called the new site boost. It most likely exists to give new content a chance to get some exposure (and build links) before it is deposited where it rightfully belongs in the SERPs. I am guessing the theory is if the content is good it will garner links that will help Google rank it properly ads we all know new sites start off with a handicap as they have no quality links to start. This can allow quality content to get some links and perform better in the SERPs which makes Google's results more relevant. (God, I hope I explained that well).

Yes, that is exactly what i was talking about and you explained it very well.